Professional Development Webinars

FLENJ is very excited to announce a continuation of Professional Development webinars for the 2015-2016 school year. FLENJ looks forward to providing top quality
webinars to meet the professional development needs of World Language educators in New Jersey and beyond.

Incorporating Social Justice into the World Language Classroom

September 24, 2015

Beth WassellProfessor, Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural EducationRowan University College of Education

4:00pm – 5:00pm

This webinar is based on the 2014 book published by ACTFL, Words and Actions: Teaching Language Through the Lens of Social Justice. The webinar will begin by providing tips for teachers on how to integrate social justice into their world language classes. This will be followed by a step-by-step process for adapting typical topics in traditional world language classes to be taught in a contextualized manner through the lens of social justice. Examples will be provided for novice, intermediate, and advanced level classes.

Literacy, the Key to Second Language Development

Terry Caccavale 1953-2017

A true pioneer and leader for language education.

Terry had a spirit and passion for her work that inspired so many. In keeping with Terry’s tradition of generosity and her dedication to professional sharing and growth, FLENJ is publicly releasing the webinar she did for us in 2013 to keep her essential voice openly available to our profession and allow her words to continue to inspire.